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Florida Republicans voting by mail at higher clip than Democrats ahead of early votingI’m
https://amp.miamiherald.com ^ | Oct 22. 2022

Posted on 10/22/2022 8:24:24 PM PDT by 11th_VA

As Florida prepares for early voting to begin on Monday, vote-by-mail turnout so far indicates a higher ballot return rate for Republicans, though more Democrats have requested absentee ballots.

More than 1 million Floridians had voted by mail as of Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Division of Elections. That’s just shy of a quarter of the roughly 4.2 million voters who asked for ballots to be delivered through the postal service.

Nearly 29% of Republicans who requested to vote-by-mail in the upcoming general election have returned their ballots, compared to about 24% of Democrats, according to data tracked by the state.

While those mail ballot numbers could indicate more enthusiasm among Republicans, it’s still too soon to draw conclusions about overall turnout in the Nov. 8 election, said Michael McDonald, political science professor and voter turnout researcher at the University of Florida.

“It’s a little too early to say with definitiveness that Republicans are more energized, more active in terms of returning their ballots, but it could be,’‘ McDonald said, especially as voting by mail has become a partisan issue following the 2020 election...

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2022election; election2022; fl; florida; rondesantis; voting
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1 posted on 10/22/2022 8:24:24 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Why are ballots for the general election identifiable by party?


2 posted on 10/22/2022 8:27:51 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: 11th_VA

Do Floridians register to vote by party,
or do they determine this by which primary they voted in?


3 posted on 10/22/2022 8:30:02 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Freee-dame

i agree absolutely....no one should know any numbers at this point and certainly not what party is retuning the ballot.


4 posted on 10/22/2022 8:43:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Freee-dame

Answer:
Otherwise how could the 80% Dem Postal employees be able to destroy the GOP votes and rush the Dem ones to the destinations on time? Simple, really.

Every year there is at least one story “Postal employee arrested for tossing bags of mail into vacant lots to keep up with quota for employment.”


USPS mail was dumped in a parking lot
An individual exits from the vehicle and proceeds to toss numerous bags from the back of the truck into a corner of the lot. September 9, 2020.



Mailman admits tossing undelivered mail into dumpster behind NCH school

NORTH COLLEGE HILL, Ohio —A mail worker has quit after admitting to throwing away undelivered mail in North College Hill. August 20, 2020.
....scoop.upworthy.com › usps-mail-was-dumped-i...
Sep 9, 2020 — An individual exits from the vehicle and proceeds to toss numerous bags from the back of the truck into a corner of the lot. ....


The USPS delivered my package to the wrong house on the other side of town. What should I do?
((comments said to tell the post office. Duh.))

USPS Worker Caught On Camera Tossing Packages Out Of Mail Truck ... The postman cometh — and it’s not good. CBS2’s Scott Rapoport has ....
YouTube · CBS New York · Sep 11, 2018


Some postal workers say they falsify deliveries to make quotas ...www.ktvu.com....
Dec 21, 2018 — A U.S. Postal Service employee in San Francisco and two in Salt Lake City say they are being pressured to falsify delivery notifications....


5 posted on 10/22/2022 8:46:47 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: 11th_VA
...though more Democrats have requested absentee ballots.

Sure.

6 posted on 10/22/2022 8:50:56 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: 11th_VA

Early votes are meaningless! Its the late votes that matter! You know, the ones that show up after everyone goes to bed on election night and is always 90% democrat.


7 posted on 10/22/2022 9:02:25 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: 11th_VA

VOTE AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.


8 posted on 10/22/2022 9:11:40 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: TonyM

its always pretty noticeable that hevy dem districts come in at the end


9 posted on 10/22/2022 9:49:16 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: 11th_VA

Strange that figures are even available, eh?


10 posted on 10/22/2022 10:09:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: 11th_VA

Republicans should vote on election day.

Don’t let the RATS know how many votes they need to manufacture by voting early.


11 posted on 10/22/2022 10:10:20 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: 11th_VA

I thought Florida had more sense than to just allow anyone to vote by mail in ballot. In fact I thought there was a big deal about relaxing those rules for those who were devastated by the hurricane. OK, but according to this article Florida is still just another mail in ballot, early voting vote fraud state. How sad.


12 posted on 10/22/2022 10:36:20 PM PDT by Revel
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To: 11th_VA; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

13 posted on 10/23/2022 4:24:09 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: 11th_VA
Nearly 29% of Republicans who requested to vote-by-mail in the upcoming general election have returned their ballots

The rest of the Republican mail-in ballots are in a dumpster somewhere.

Lazy idiots - after 2020? Get off your lazy behind and go to the polls!

14 posted on 10/23/2022 4:33:41 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: 11th_VA

O Rly?

I’ve heard just the opposite.


15 posted on 10/23/2022 4:46:28 AM PDT by sauropod (The New York Times' 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones: "all journalism is activism.")
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To: HandBasketHell
I don't understand why any Republican would want to vote by mail. You are basically going to have your voted thrown away, lost, disqualified, altered, or otherwise not properly counted. I would not even be surprised if ballots mailed to registered Republicans (or even Independents) were watermarked in such a discreet way that postal workers are able to identify them and keep them from their final destination, such as sending them to a local dumpster or landfill.

Sure, there are supposedly ways for you to verify that your mail-in ballot was "received" but what does that mean? How do you know it was properly counted? You just don't. Plus, how many mail-in actually follow through with the verification process? The vast majority just drop them in the mail, go back to their daily routines, and never follow up. This is the kind of behavior that the cheaters count on.

Even though I'm not too worried about Florida, it is bad practice and nothing good can come of mail-in voting unless you are a marxist-Democrat.

Mail-in voters are basically allowing their votes to be thrown away and/or counted as Democrat votes.

16 posted on 10/23/2022 4:47:38 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (4,345,996 active user on Truth Social)
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To: HandBasketHell
VOTE AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.

Fixed it.

Seriously. Just vote. Vote early. Vote by mail. Vote on Election Day. Just vote.

Personally, I vote as early as possible. You never know what's going to happen between now and Election Day. You might get sick. Car may break down. Personal emergency. And then you're like, "Damn, I should've voted early because I'm just not gonna make it to the polls today. Hope my guy wins without me!"

17 posted on 10/23/2022 4:53:52 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: SamAdams76
I don't understand why any Republican would want to vote by mail. You are basically going to have your voted thrown away, lost, disqualified, altered, or otherwise not properly counted.

Not in Florida.

I've voted by mail twice in Florida and always for Republican candidates who won their races in Florida.

You can look up the status of your mail-in ballot to ensure it was counted.

It's stupid to discourage mail-in voting. It costs us countless votes by people who then never turn up to vote at all.

If you're even just a little bit lazy (and you know who you are) just fill out the damn ballot and drop it in the mailbox.

18 posted on 10/23/2022 4:57:00 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Freee-dame

“Why are ballots for the general election identifiable by party?”

My guess is that if you have a certain party affiliation, the assumption is you will vote a straight ticket. I could not get an answer when I asked the people at the voting place. MHO.


19 posted on 10/23/2022 5:46:41 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Drew68

I have lived in two states that allowed mail in voting and I never felt my vote was not counted. I disagree with the anti-mail in vote nonsense. That is just another conspiracy theory that does no one any good.


20 posted on 10/23/2022 6:51:42 AM PDT by hopefullamerican
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